Personal Assistant
Post Title: PA to Head of Local Policing
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time
Rank/grade: C
Salary: Starting Salary £31,160 + £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Local Policing
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Bishopsgate Police Station
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a staff member you will be helping to making the City safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work in and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities and long-term conditions, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The Head of Local Policing and her Senior Leadership Team are responsible for all front-line uniformed police services in the City of London Police, including response teams, firearms, public order, dogs, mounted and traffic units, command and control and neighbourhood policing teams.
The Senior Leadership Team consists of the Chief Superintendent for Local Policing, two Superintendents, a grade F senior police staff member and five Chief Inspectors.
About the role
This role provides administrative and organisational support to the Head of Local Policing and the wider SLT, working closely with the Chief Superintendent and Superintendents’ staff officers to ensure the smooth running of the office, coordinate diaries and ensure all supporting administrative processes and functions are provided.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- A central point for all communication between the Head of Local Policing and internal and external contacts.
- Responsible for organising diaries of the Head of Local Policing and wider SLT.
- Coordinating and planning internal and external meetings, producing accurate minutes and collating and circulating meeting papers and actions.
- Preparing documentation, including presentations, briefings and reports using Microsoft Office and other relevant systems.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Taking minutes and organising meetings.
- Effective oral communication skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels in the organisation and outside agencies using tact, discretion and diplomacy, and maintaining confidentiality.
- Effective written skills, to be able to draft replies for correspondence.
- Dealing with information of a confidential/sensitive nature.
- Well-developed administrative/organisational skills with a keen sense of priorities and the ability to show initiative and work with the minimum of supervision.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact: HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 22nd December 2025.
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held week commencing 12th January 2026.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office-based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme